All major Indian festivals are incomplete without sweets. As the five-day Diwali festivities are about to begin with Dhanteras on October 18 and Deepavali on October 20, followed by Bhai Dooj and ...

The festival of lights-Diwali-is almost incomplete without relishing a variety of traditional Indian sweets. The centre of celebration would be these desserts-from the very rich syrupy sweets to the ...

Hindu families in metro Detroit and across the globe celebrate the triumph of light over darkness Monday with the arrival of Diwali. During this festival of lights, which is also celebrated by ...

Around 2,500 years ago, someone in India had the inspired, world-changing idea to extract granulated sugar from sugarcane juice, thereby creating joy. True, it was not the most long-lasting sort of ...

SOUTH STREET SEAPORT, Manhattan (WABC) -- Neighborhood Eats this week is in honor of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. As celebrations get underway, we're taking you to Tagmo, an Indian restaurant ...

In Texas, when temps begin to lazily drop from the triple digits and crisp fall weather inches nearer, it is a reminder that the festive season is also at hand. For Raja Sweets, Houston’s oldest ...

If you rolled a bit of Christmas, New Year's Eve and the Fourth of July all into one, then catered the affair with heaps of sweets and savory snacks, you'd begin to get a taste for what it means to ...

During Diwali, Hindus celebrate good's triumph over evil in the name of Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. And many dine in prosperity, too. Bites like samosas (pastry pockets stuffed with meat, ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

MORE THAN 1 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE CELEBRATING DIWALI TODAY, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN MILWAUKEE. DIWALI IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR IN INDIA, PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE OF THE ...

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Diwali, also called Deepavali, is India's grandest and most important holiday of the year. Much like Christmas is to Christians, Diwali holds great importance to Hindus and other faiths, as it honors ...